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Location: Prescott Valley, Az (unfortunately still here)
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Originally Posted by mpope409
I came across some of those but decided not to post them because I wasn't sure if people would know who they were. I mostly just put people that have been in the spotlight heavily. And I did not know Isaiah Washington and Dan Rather were from here.
Dan Rather was from Wharton, Texas (southeast Texas). But he did start his broadcast journalism there in Houston.
William Randolph Hearst
Ansel Adams
Joe Cronin
Joe DiMaggio
Gordon Getty
Jack London
Craig Newmark (founder of craigslist)
Andre Ward (2004 olympic boxing gold medalist, undefeated amatuer and then undefeated pro boxer)
Clint Eastwood
Bruce Lee
Danny Glover
Benjamin Bratt
Margaret Cho
Rob Schneider
Liv Schreiber
Alicia Silverstone
David Strathairn
Tucker Carlson
Carlos Santana (wasn't born here, but grew up here)
There are also a whole slew of famous music groups from SF and the Bay Area, including Mettalica, Sly and the Family Stone, Credence Clearwater Revival, Journey, the Dead Kennedies, etc, etc.
And here are politicians who were born in SF (cut and paste from wikipedia):
U.S. President Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. In fact, he was probably born in the same hospital as I was (and as many people born in Hawaii), the Kapiolani Hospital for Women and Children.
Carol Burnett
Joan Crawford
Edward White astronaut
Doug Sahm musician (Sir Douglas Quintet, "She's About A Mover")
Henry Thomas actor (ET)
Jared Padalecki actor (Supernatural)
James Roday actor (Psych)
Oliver North Iran-Contra scandal
Paula Prentiss actress
Kenneth Starr lawyer (Whitewater/Clinton)
Yolanda Adams
Lisa Hartman Black
Chamillionaire
Michael Dell
Haylie Duff
Shelly Duvall
Terri Ellis (Envogue)
Teresa Graves (portrayed Christie Love)
Jennifer Holliday
Isaiah Washington (Grey's Anatomy ???)
Chandra Wilson (Grey's Anatomy)
Mike Jones (rapper)
Lil Flip
Richard Linklater (director)
Lyle Lovett
Letoya Luckett
Tanisha Lynn (All My Children)
Dan Rather
Loretta Devine
Kenny Rogers (country singer)
Slim Thug
Jaclyn Smith (Charlie's Angels)
Brooke Valentine (R&B Singer)
Paul Wall
Roger Clemens
Renee Goldsberry
Amelia Marshall (All My Children)
Kelly Rowland
Scarface (the father of the Dirty South)
Clyde (the Glide) Drexler
If we're just going by birth Kelly Rowland doesn't count. Still an impressive list though. Let me add Mark Calloway (The Undertaker) and Booker Huffman (Booker T.) for wrestling fans.
William Randolph Hearst
Ansel Adams
Joe Cronin
Joe DiMaggio
Gordon Getty
Jack London
Craig Newmark (founder of craigslist)
Andre Ward (2004 olympic boxing gold medalist, undefeated amatuer and then undefeated pro boxer)
Clint Eastwood
Bruce Lee
Danny Glover
Benjamin Bratt
Margaret Cho
Rob Schneider
Liv Schreiber
Alicia Silverstone
David Strathairn
Tucker Carlson
Carlos Santana (wasn't born here, but grew up here)
There are also a whole slew of famous music groups from SF and the Bay Area, including Mettalica, Sly and the Family Stone, Credence Clearwater Revival, Journey, the Dead Kennedies, etc, etc.
And here are politicians who were born in SF (cut and paste from wikipedia):
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